49.9% —
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 46.4%
- 2021: 49.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bennett Springs · Suburb / Locality
Language in Bennett Springs
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of all residents in Bennett Springs speak a language other than English at home, placing it among the highest for linguistic diversity in its class. This is far above the national figure, with 49.9% of people using a second language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language for 45.8% of the population, while Vietnamese (8.1%) and Arabic (5.6%) are common. This diversity is reflected in the 9.3% who speak little or no English, a figure well above both the state and national levels.
9.3% ▼ -5.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Bennett Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50110/bennett-springs/topic/language